A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Segun Sowunmi, says President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is smarter than his opponents including Peter Obi of the Labour Party. The former spokesman for the 2023 presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar, said his recent meeting with the president did not translate…
Meta, the parent company of WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram, says it has deleted another 1,600 groups linked to ‘Yahoo Boy’ from its platform. The development comes three months after the company removed 63,000 accounts in Nigeria linked to sextortion scams. In a statement on Thursday, Meta also announced that Instagram is taking measures to further…
Weeks after the approval, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has announced that it cannot confirm when the recently approved N77,000 monthly allowance for corps members will be implemented. Earlier, the increase was pegged to start from July 2024, following the Minimum Wage (Amendment) Act 2024, replacing the previous N33,000 allowance. However, despite the official…
Access Holdings Plc has announced securing full regulatory approvals from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its recently concluded Rights Issue. The issue involved 17,772,612,811 Ordinary Shares of 50 Kobo each, priced at N19.75 per share, successfully raising N351,009,103,017.25. This milestone positions Access Bank Plc, the Company’s…
A former gubernatorial candidate in Zamfara State, Sani Shinkafi on Friday escaped an attempted assassination in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city. Shinkafi, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress said the attack happened shortly after the Juma’at prayers on Friday, August 15. He said he was on his way home when some masked assailants blocked his…
Nigeria Police Force has arrested rapper Michael Ugochukwu Stephens, popularly known as Ruggedman, and four others: veteran musician Sunny Neji, Zakky Azzay, Boniface Itodo, and Raymond Lasisi. According to SaharaReporters, the musicians were arrested over allegations of burglary, criminal trespass, and theft of $130,000 from the national secretariat of the Performing Musicians Employers’ Association of…
Suspected gunmen have abducted a Chieftain of the All Progressive Congress in Ondo state and the Director General of a support group for President Bola Tinubu, Asiwaju Media Team, Prince Emorioloye Owoloemi. Sources said that the victim was kidnapped at about 9 am along the Okonga/Olodo Junction in Igbokoda, Ilaje council area of the state….
Officers of the Rivers State Police Command on Monday morning fired teargas at protesters gathered at the Isaac Boro Park in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The protesters who are members of the ‘Take It Back Movement’ were greeted by heavy police presence when they gathered at the protest venue as early as 9am….
The Federal Government has officially declared a state of emergency in Rivers State, as documented in the Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette No. 47, dated March 18, 2025. In the proclamation titled State of Emergency (Rivers State) Proclamation, 2025, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said he has invoked his constitutional powers under Section 305 of…
The All Progressives Congress, Kebbi State chapter, has suspended Kabir Sani-Giant, Special Adviser to Gov. Nasir Idris on Power and Politics, with immediate effect. A statement signed by the party’s state secretary, Alhaji Sa’idu Muhammad-Kimba, announced the suspension in Birnin Kebbi on Sunday. He revealed that on February 8, 2025, Sani-Giant brought a snake to…
